Oomph

Got this yesterday to mark my 5 years of "importance" to the company. It's plastic. And a paperweight.



Nice, huh?

Halloween

Halloween meant house hopping for us this year. So much house hopping in fact that we kinda forgot to take many pictures. We got a few, so here they are! (No Cali costume this year - she wasn't feeling it.)


Josh as Lt. Aldo Raine from Inglorious Basterds


Me, not nearly busty enough, as Joan from MadMen


Eric as Marty from Back to the Future - love it!


One of Josh's former students as a pimp bear with a cat


Chris and Dana Slap Chopping it up


Merrill's Hall and Oates tribute band, the Maneasters


Merrill


Judson as Dexter in his kill/keg room


Omar and Lori

Elvis baby!

Whew, it's been a while since I posted. I guess my life has been kinda boring lately. BUT it got interesting about 2 weeks ago when I got to go to Memphis for an AIGA design conference.

The conference was awesome! Met some cool people, heard awesome speakers, pseudo-stalked Stefan Sagmeister (but not in a crazy sort of way!), and had some really bad for you food. Didn't get to see as much live music as I would have liked, but it was a great trip overall!


Lunch at Dyer's on Beale Street the first day - definitely set the tone for the trip - grease, grease, and more grease. Supposedly, they've been using the same frying oil for about 100 years, and when they moved locations, they had the oil moved under the protection of security.


Rob and Chris


Awesome flaming Elvis


One of 3 Gibson factories in the country - we toured it.


First night out, which resulted in me being hungover the rest of the weekend.


Hatch Show Print samples


Hands on fun with Hatch


A Memphis elementary school choir performing at the conference - they were amazing!


Waited about an hour to eat at this place! For lunch!


Ta-da! (It was pretty good.)


Jane Grimmet and Rob enjoying it


Our very own personal conference Elvis impersonator


Beale Street Take 2


Chris and the guy he found to follow us around


Beale St.


The ducks at Peabody Place - they live there and walk off the elevators into the fountain every day at 11am and then back out at 5pm.


Graceland!


Elvis's pink Cadillac


Heh.


Front of the house.


Elvis's living room - love the peacocks!


Elvis


Priscilla and Lisa Marie


The shooting range, attached to the garage


Some of the ridiculous amount of gold records there


My most favorited outfit.


One of the 2 planes, complete with 14k gold seatbelt buckles


See ya Elvis!

Real food real hot

On a hot Labor Day, Josh and I went out to Piedmont Park to join Rogue Apron and support real food in schools. Slow Food USA has waived their membership fee this month, so join and show your support!




The start of the Poster Parade


Poster Parade


Rogue Apron's Tent City


Duane, Josh, and Lady Rogue enjoying the food and the signs


Singing the real food song

Labor Day Dragons

In Atlanta, Labor Day means the freaks come out. It's DragonCon, and it's craziness. The best people watching of the year!


Vampire Obi Wan (I think?) loves some Red Stripe with a straw


Le Sexoflex getting their performance on


Josh with a sexy Matthew that I decided was dressed as Jessica Rabbit


Sooo crowded!


Matt and Judson (I have no idea what they are)


Princess Bride - one of the best movies ever!


Steam punk people?? or something like that


Josh with female bender


The Beatles


Matt and some guys in tights

Closed on Monday-land

AKA "Portland"

Now let me just say I LOVED Portland. But, man, everything is seriously closed on Monday in this town. Two of the four restaurants I wanted to go to were closed. The one museum we were going to check out was closed. Even the Velveteria (which I guess is technically a museum too) is only open Thursday through Sunday! The Shangai Tours only happen on the weekends. Regardless, we kept very busy and managed to eat at least every two hours while we were there. =)

Very much enjoyed the donuts, driving around and exploring, and all the water and gardens. The weekend was actually very liquid and floral themed over all - white water rafting in Hood River, wedding ceremony in a lavender field, wine tasting, several brewery instances, many fountains, two rose gardens, walking along the waterfront.


The counter at Byways Cafe


Top of Keller Fountain. This is Josh's most favorite fountain in the world, and it's very cool.


Josh standing in it.


Front of Keller Fountain


Roses at the Portland Rose Garden


Josh's camera after I dropped it in the mud


Scenes from the Japanese Garden


Shrine


Sand zen garden


Rawrrr


Nothing like some lard after a morning in the zen garden!


Stacks of donuts at Voodoo



Oreo donut




Check out the little voodoo guy one!


Ace Hotel - our too cool for school hotel in Portland


Our pictures from the Photobooth at Ace Hotel


Dutch tacos at FlavourSpot - breakfast waffle sandwiches


Didn't I say we ate a lot?


Another pretty rose garden


Was really digging patterny things this trip:

Jayme's married!

Had a fantastic time in Hood River for Jayme's wedding! A great reminder of what a beautiful country we live in (for those of us that spend a lot of time in the city), spent invaluable time with family, and got to know some of Jayme and Clayton's friends better.

Jayme looked beautiful and happy, and the getting hitched went off without a hitch (heh heh), except for a little mishap during the rafting trip for a Boulder friend.

Pictures:


driving from PDX to Hood River


Our rental car had a built-in camera holder for Josh's camera!


Multnomah Falls


Closer up


Kite boarding gear at the hotel - Hood River is a hub for this sport


Clayton, me, Josh, Jay at breakfast on the river


Mt. Hood


Husum Falls - this is what we rafted


Danny and me by the falls


Getting our gear on for the rafting trip


Over we go!


Josh helping Abe after the shoulder dislocation


Poor guy


Big group enjoying the wine tasting at Cathedral Ridge Winery the day before the wedding




Lots of wine!


Vineyard




Tried one of these grapes - it was very tangy and weird!


Clayton's parents' log cabin for the rehearsal dinner


The bridesmaids - Kelly, me, and Jen


Mom and me


Mom helping Jay with her hair




Pretty!


Jay with her new mother-in-law and sister-in-law




At the lavender field


Cute!




Lavender fields and Mt. Hood


Kissing the bride


Behind the field


Golfing at the reception


Jayme's new nephew hitting some balls


The bluegrass band


Bobbi, Paul, Aunt Susan, me


Jay and Clay rings!